Mark 1:1–11

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

²As it is written in Isaias the prophet: Behold I send my angel before thy face, who shall prepare the way before thee.

³A voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight his paths.

⁴John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins.

⁵And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all they of Jerusalem and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁶And John was clothed camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins: and he ate locusts and wild honey.

⁷And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

⁸I have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

⁹And it came to pass, in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

¹⁰And forthwith coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens open and the Spirit as a dove descending and remaining on him.

¹¹And there came a voice from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.